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Understanding 9/11Air power : the men, machines, and ideas that revolutionized war, from Kitty Hawk to Gulf War II
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x, 518 pages : 25 cm
"This epic history draws on combat memoirs, letters, and diaries; archival records and museum collections; and eyewitness accounts by the men who fought - and the men who developed the breakthrough inventions and concepts - to weave a vivid and dramatic account of the airplane's revolutionary transformation of modern warfare."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-499) and index
Visions -- Bogeymen -- Realities -- Grand plans -- Lessons learned and mislearned -- The quest for precision -- The fight for the fighter -- Finest hour -- Air versus sea -- The temporary triumph of tactical aviation -- The Allied bomber offensive -- Strategic air command -- Hard knocks -- Precision, at last
"This epic history draws on combat memoirs, letters, and diaries; archival records and museum collections; and eyewitness accounts by the men who fought - and the men who developed the breakthrough inventions and concepts - to weave a vivid and dramatic account of the airplane's revolutionary transformation of modern warfare."--Jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-499) and index
Visions -- Bogeymen -- Realities -- Grand plans -- Lessons learned and mislearned -- The quest for precision -- The fight for the fighter -- Finest hour -- Air versus sea -- The temporary triumph of tactical aviation -- The Allied bomber offensive -- Strategic air command -- Hard knocks -- Precision, at last
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